Quentin Crisp – The Naked Civil Servant – First Edition 1968 – SIGNED by John Hurt

First edition, first printing published by Jonathan Cape in 1968.

Original purple cloth with silver lettering to the spine, in the original photographic dust wrapper.

Signed by John Hurt to the title page, with Hurt additionally writing “Quentin Crisp” beneath his signature, a particularly appropriate association with the book: Hurt famously portrayed Crisp in the acclaimed 1975 television adaptation of The Naked Civil Servant. His performance won him the 1976 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor.

A very good copy, the boards clean and the binding firm. Internally clean. In the original dust wrapper, which is very good with some light browning and rubbing and wear to the extremities and corners, particularly at the spine ends, but retaining the striking photographic design well.

Crisp’s celebrated autobiography was first published in 1968 and later reached a much wider audience through the television adaptation starring Hurt. The role became one of Hurt’s defining performances.

A particularly appealing association copy, with John Hurt signing the book in connection with his celebrated portrayal of Quentin Crisp.